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Originally Posted by Jbrochu
Activity: Naming Notes at Random Frets
Category: (F) Fretboard memorization
Duration: 5 minutes
Frequency: 5 of 10 days
Description:
1) Flip a coin once: heads = 1 and tails = 2
2) Roll a six sided die and multiply by the coin result and that is your fret
3) Flip the coin again: heads = start from high E string; tails = start from low E string
4) Name the notes on all six strings starting at the random fret and starting string determined in 1 through 3 and going up or down the same fret.
5) Start back at 1 and do this for about 5 minutes
Tools:
A 6 sided die
A quarter
(Or just use Excel or whatever for your random number)
http://mnemosyne-proj.org/ is a good flash card program. You can whip up some pics in photoshop or gimp and put them into the program. I used to do this with holdem boards for various quizzes drilling various skills.